Mortgages

CML: N. Ireland lending up 35% year-on-year

New CML data released today on the profile of mortgage lending in Northern Ireland...

CML: affordability better for FTBs in Wales

Latest Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) data on the profile of mortgage lending in...

CML: strong upward trend for London lending

The expected seasonal dip has affected lending in Greater London in the first quarter...

Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending up 31%

Nationwide Building Society has published its full year results, reporting a rise in gross...

BBA: housing market is mixed

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported lending figures for April 2014. New mortgages of...

Remortgaging volumes battle back

Latest figures from LMS figures show that monthly gross remortgage lending saw a monthly...

New 70% deals from SFI

Santander for Intermediaries’ (SFI) has launched two and five-year fixed rate mortgage products at...

Magellan appointed as L&C credit repair lender

Magellan Homeloans has been appointed by London and Country to provide mortgages for clients...

Hinckley & Rugby receives 100% backing

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has received praise from its mortgage customers for...

FSE: gross lending to top £200bn

A panel of industry experts expressed mixed views on what the second half of...

FSE: borrowers trying to ‘game’ buy-to-let market

A panel of industry players have warned the broker community to be aware of...

FSE: some lenders going too far post-MMR

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given its view of the mortgage market following...

Vertex in key business development hire

Vertex Financial Services has appointed Steve Stone as business development director as it looks...

April mortgage lending up on March

Gross mortgage lending was an estimated £16.6 billion in April, according to the Council...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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